title: Review of an 8-year experience with modifications of endoscopic suspension of the bladder neck for female stress urinary incontinence.
abstract: Several modifications of endoscopic suspension of the bladder neck for treatment of female stress urinary incontinence have been used during an 8-year period. Of 154 patients treated 25 failures occurred, for an over-all success rate of 84%. Fifteen patients had postoperative complications for an over-all complication rate of 9.8%. Hospital stay decreased steadily throughout the review period to a current average of 2.2 days, with many patients presently undergoing an operation on an outpatient basis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Loughlin
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Whitmore
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Gittes
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Richie
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery*